Gwen Biggerstaff, Sc.D., M.S.P.H
Deputy Division Director of NCEZID’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)
CDC

Dr. Biggerstaff is currently the Deputy Division Director of NCEZID’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED). Prior to this appointment in 2025, she served as the Associate Director of DFWED’s Office of Program Support, Coordination, and Implementation (OPSCI). Gwen began her public health career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006 with the Surveillance and Outbreak Response Team in the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch. Over the past 20 years, she has led and supported national efforts in enteric disease surveillance, multistate outbreak response, capacity building, and program quality improvement. Dr. Biggerstaff earned a Master of Science in Public Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a Doctor of Science from Tulane University.